That Rotten Feeling When We Fail God

Have you ever been totally disheartened because you’ve stumbled and failed God? It’s a terrible feeling!

And what makes things worse is when we get the wrong idea about pleasing God …

… imagining that it’s something like winning at that addictive game Angry Birds. If you succeed at one level then it’s up to the next. The smarter we get, the more we hone our skills, the further we advance.

The Touch of the Master’s Hand

At some point, we all get to feeling burnt out … like life’s passed us by. Doesn’t matter how successful we are or appear to be. It hits us all sometime. We look at all those smart, clever, brilliant people all around us and kind of figure that God must be done with us.

I Just Can’t Take it Anymore!

Every felt like that? Completely at the end of your tether? And we kind of look at God and whether we say it to His face or whether we just think it to ourselves – what we really want to know from Him is …

Phone-a-Friend

Have you ever been in a place where you just don’t know which way to turn … or what to do? You know,the pressure builds up and you turn this way but the door’s closed and the way is blocked. So you turn the other way and same thing. Can’t go that way either.

How to be a believing Christian and a practicing atheist at the same time

I am so blessed to have a pastor at my church who is a deep, profound and relevant teacher of God’s Word – so Pete if you’re reading this, thanks mate.

And through Peter, the Lord recently spoke into an area of my life where I don’t find it particularly easy to strike a happy balance: in doing the things I do, how much does God want me to do, and how much does He want to do Himself?

Why does God take us to the edge?

Have you ever wondered that? Why is it that God takes us so close to the edge so often? I mean, isn’t there an easier way?

The theory of course is pretty straightforward: because He wants to grow our faith in Him, right? That’s the theory!

Don’t Pray for Power – Pray with Power

How often have you found yourself praying for power – the power to overcome this hurdle or that obstacle or this one particular sin that just won’t go away?!

Dear Lord give me the power to overcome …. whatever it is. One of the more common prayers I would have thought. God … God I just need the power!

Welcome to Berni’s Blog

So what’s the point of this blog – “A Different Perspective”? Well, as I speak with some of the many people who listen to my radio programs around the world, there’s something … something that’s not quite right.

It’s something that we all know about, but don’t want to talk so much about. It’s as plain as the nose on our face, but we don’t know what to do about it. What is it?